Jackson W. Tarver
Jackson Williams Tarver Sr. (March 2, 1917 – March 22, 1999) was a publisher in Atlanta.[1][2] He published the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in the 1960s and was Chairman of the Associated Press from 1977 to 1983. Mercer University awards a scholarship in his honor.[3] He was also an executive at Cox Enterprises.[4]
He was born in Savannah, Georgia.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ex-Atlanta Editor Jack Tarver Dies". AP NEWS.
- ^ Feder, Barnaby J. (March 23, 1999). "Jack Tarver, 82, Atlanta Publisher in Civil Rights Era, Dies" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Jack Tarver Scholar Begins Mercer Education at 16". Mercer News. May 14, 2003.
- ^ "Tarver, Jack - Digital Library of Georgia". dlg.usg.edu.
- ^ "About Jack Tarver". Mercer University Library.
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